Shiva Kirti Singh, J.

1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner learned Counsel for the State and learned Counsel appearing for Accountant General Bihar.

2. Petitioners in all these writ petitions claim to have been appointed as temporary Muharrirs/Sangrahaks in the various revenue division of the State of Bihar. They claim that pursuant to policy decision of the Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar dated 2-5-1992 (Annexured-3) their services were regularised some time in the year 1992-93 and after completing the permissible period of service they ail have retired but they are not being paid their pension on the ground that after regularlisation they have not completed ten years of service so as to make them eligible for pension under the Bihar Pension Rules. The prayer in these writ petitions is to direct the respondents to pay the retirement and pensionary benefits including gratuity to the petitioners without delay and for that relief petitioners have relied upon judgments of this Court contained in Annexures- 6 and 8 which were given by single Judge and Annexure-7 which was by a Division Bench in Letters Patent Appeal confirming the judgment contained in An